Don Woodard:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1903-1999 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator | Woodard, Don | |
| Title: | Don Woodard Papers, | |
| Dates: | 1903-1999 and undated | |
| Abstract: | These are the papers of writer and businessman, Don Woodard. | |
| Collection # | S1617.1 | |
| Quantity: | 3 boxes (3.0 linear feet) | |
| Language | English. | |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University | |
Biographical Sketch
Don Woodard a resident of Fort Worth, Texas and president of Woodard Insurance was an employee of the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company for a decade beginning in 1952. He worked as a landman until the company was sold in 1963 to Seagrams. He researched the history of the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company for his book, Black Diamonds! Black Gold!, published in 1998 by Texas Tech University Press. He helped found Fort Worth's Petroleum Club.
Scope and Contents
Collection of mostly research materials used by Don Woodard for his book Black Diamonds! Black Gold!: Saga of the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company. They include comments on draft copies of his chapters, illustrations and photographs used in the book, research files on the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, Thurber, Texas, H. B. Fuqua, index files from A-Z, and TP Voice and TP Panorama magazines.
Organization | ||
| The collection is organized into the following series: Literary Production, Photographs, Research Files, and Printed Material. | ||
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Index Terms | ||
| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed. | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| Woodard, Don | ||
| Woodard, Don- --Archives | ||
| Woodard, Don- --Manuscripts | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company--History | ||
| Coal trade--Texas--Fort Worth--History | ||
| Coal mines and mining--Texas--Fort Worth--History | ||
| Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--Fort Worth--History | ||
| Business people--Texas--Fort Worth--Biography | ||
Related Material
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections: |
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Don Woodard Papers, 1903-1999 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Collection accession #(s):
2000-0143-B, 2000-0275-B
Gifts, 2000
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, October 2002
Collection Inventory
Photographs | |||||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 10 | H. B. Fuqua and Company, 1903-1980s | |||||||||||
Scrapbook Material | |||||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 11 | Miscellaneous, 1998 and undated | |||||||||||